Knight-Hennessy Scholars – Stanford University
Knight-Hennessy Scholars cultivates and supports a multidisciplinary and multicultural community of graduate students from across Stanford University, and delivers engaging experiences that prepare graduates to be visionary, courageous, and collaborative leaders who address complex challenges facing the world.
All scholars are Stanford University graduate students, who join Knight-Hennessy Scholars in addition to enrolling in a graduate degree program at any of Stanford’s seven schools
Scholars participate in up to three years of programming that complements their graduate studies and prepares them to take on leadership roles in academia, industry, government, nonprofits, and the community at large.
A new cohort of scholars joins each year, adding to a diverse community of scholars from across disciplines, nationalities, perspectives, and backgrounds. Scholars learn together, collaborate on impactful projects, and develop lifelong friendships.
Scholars receive a fellowship for up to three years of tuition, depending upon their degree length. In addition, scholars receive a stipend for living and academic expenses, and a travel stipend for one annual trip to and from Stanford.
Knight-Hennessy scholars are visionary thinkers who are curious, open-minded, analytical, eager for cross-cultural perspective, and genuinely excited to boldly and creatively address our world’s important challenges
Eligibility: Knight-Hennessy Scholars – Stanford University
Knight-Hennessy Scholars has no restrictions based on age, college or university, field of study, or career aspiration. We encourage citizens and residents of all countries to apply. We do not require applicants to seek endorsements from colleges, universities, or other institutions.
There are two baseline eligibility requirements.
Requirement 1: Admission to Stanford: Knight-Hennessy Scholars – Stanford University
First, in addition to applying to Knight-Hennessy Scholars (KHS), you must apply to, be accepted by, and enroll in a full-time Stanford graduate degree program including, but not limited to, DMA, JD, MA, MBA, MD, MFA, MPP, MS, or PhD programs. You must meet at least one of the following four conditions:
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- You are applying separately but concurrently to KHS and a full-time Stanford graduate degree program such that you will start both in the same year.
- You have already been offered and deferred admission to a full-time Stanford graduate degree program, and will apply to KHS such that you will start both in the same year.
- You are a current Stanford graduate student who will apply to add a second full-time Stanford graduate degree program, such that you will start both KHS and the new program in the same year.
- You are a current Stanford PhD student in your first year of enrollment, and will apply to KHS such that you will start KHS in your second year of PhD enrollment.
There are no quotas by discipline or program. Note that we will give priority consideration to those who will spend at least two years studying at Stanford.
Please note that a small number of Stanford graduate degree programs are not eligible for Knight-Hennessy Scholars:
- Applicants to the Honors Cooperative Program
- Applicants to the Master of Liberal Arts
- Applicants to the Doctor of Science of Law (JSD)
- Current Stanford students applying for coterminal graduate study
- Current Stanford PhD students adding an MA or MS degree in their current discipline
Requirement 2: Undergraduate Degree Date
Second, you must have earned, in January 2017 or later, a U.S. bachelor’s degree or its equivalent from a college or university of recognized standing.
| To apply to join the cohort in: | You must have earned your first bachelor’s degree by: |
|---|---|
| 2024 | January 2017 or later |
For applicants who served in the military, we extend the eligibility window by two years in acknowledgement of longer service commitments; you must have earned your degree in January 2015 or later to enroll in 2024. Current college students are eligible if you will earn your first degree by September 2024. Within the eligibility window, we do not give preference based on recency of the degree.
FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) about Knight-Hennessy Scholars – Stanford University
Q: What if I graduated from an institution outside the U.S.? What are the eligibility requirements for me?
A: To be eligible for graduate study at Stanford University, you must meet the requirements of the graduate program(s) that you wish to pursue and hold the equivalent of a U.S. bachelor’s degree from a college or university of recognized standing. See Stanford’s guidelines for minimum level of study for international applicants. (The Office of Graduate Admissions, not Knight-Hennessy Scholars, sets these policies.)
Q: If I graduated in 2016 or before, may I still become a Knight-Hennessy scholar?
A: If you graduated with your first/bachelor’s degree more than seven years before your intended enrollment date (in 2016 or earlier, for the autumn 2024 intake), then you are not eligible for consideration as a Knight-Hennessy scholar. This applies even if you have earned an additional degree in 2017 or later. You may still apply to the Stanford graduate program of your choice, and there are many other options for funding your graduate education at Stanford. (Those who served in their country’s military have two additional years of eligibility.)
Q: I am an undocumented student. Am I eligible to apply?
A: If you have been granted DACA status, do not hold formal citizenship in any country, or are otherwise undocumented, you are eligible to apply for graduate study and matriculate at Stanford University and Knight-Hennessy Scholars. For more information, please see the Undocumented at Stanford website.
Q: I have a graduate degree already. Am I eligible?
A: If you have earned a graduate degree, you remain eligible to enroll as a Knight-Hennessy scholar in 2024 as long as you earned your first/bachelor’s degree in 2017 or later. (Those who served in their country’s military after their undergraduate studies have two additional years of eligibility.)
Q: I am an enrolled Stanford graduate student. May I apply for Knight-Hennessy Scholars?
A: If you are a Stanford PhD student who started your PhD in 2023, you may apply in 2023 such that you will start KHS in 2024 (your second year of PhD enrollment). Otherwise, if you enrolled in a graduate degree program at Stanford in 2023 or earlier, you are ineligible for consideration as a Knight-Hennessy scholar for your current degree program.
Q: I am a Stanford graduate student applying to a different program at the university. Am I eligible to apply this year?
A: You are welcome to apply to Knight-Hennessy Scholars if you defer enrollment to 2024, or if you apply for a new graduate degree program at Stanford that starts in 2024.
Q: May I defer my Knight-Hennessy Scholars offer?
A: No. Deferral of enrollment to a graduate program is the purview of that department. Most Stanford programs do not offer deferrals though some – such as the professional schools of business, law, and medicine – allow deferrals. Regardless of the graduate program’s policy, Knight-Hennessy Scholars does not defer scholar offers. If you are selected as a Knight-Hennessy scholar and are unable to enroll, you must reapply for admission for the year you intend to enroll.
Q: I was accepted this year to Stanford but want to defer my enrollment in the Stanford graduate program until next year. May I apply to Knight-Hennessy Scholars for the following year?
A: If you defer enrollment to a Stanford graduate program, you may apply to start as a Knight-Hennessy scholar for the year that you enroll in that graduate program. For example, if you have been admitted to the Stanford MBA Program and deferred enrollment to September 2024, then you may apply to Knight-Hennessy Scholars in 2023 to enroll as a Scholar in 2024 — thus aligning your initial enrollment in the MBA Program and as a Knight-Hennessy scholar. If you have already received admission to one of Stanford’s graduate programs and deferred enrollment to 2024 or later, you may apply to be a Knight-Hennessy scholar. Plan to apply for the year that you would enroll in your graduate program.
Q: I am a first-year Stanford PhD student who has received a fellowship administered by the Vice Provost for Graduate Education. May I apply for Knight-Hennessy Scholars?
A: Please refer to the chart below to confirm whether you are eligible to apply to KHS. Awards marked “No” may not be combined with KHS and may not be discontinued in order to apply to KHS.
| Fellowship | YES | NO |
|---|---|---|
| ARCS: Achievement Rewards for College Scientists | X | |
| CCSRE: Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity Graduate Fellowships | X | |
| DARE: Diversifying Academic, Recruiting Excellence Fellowship | X | |
| EDGE: Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education Doctoral Fellowship Program | X | |
| Gerald J. Lieberman Fellowship | X | |
| Humanities & Sciences Diversity Fellowship | X | |
| RAISE: Research, Action, and Impact through Strategic Engagement Doctoral Fellowship | X | |
| SGF: Stanford Graduate Fellowship in Science & Engineering | X | |
| Shoucheng Zhang Graduate Fellowship | X | |
| SIGF: Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship | X |
Knight-Hennessy scholars are courageous leaders who are ethical, decisive, resilient, driven to achieve meaningful results, and motivated to inspire others to effect positive change at scale.
Knight-Hennessy scholars are collaborative community members who are humble, empathetic, trustworthy, oriented to act in service of others, and deeply passionate about contributing to the greater good.
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